The most unendurable thing, to be sure, the really terrible thing, would be a life without habits, a life which continually required improvisation.

Remorse.-- Never yield to remorse, but at once tell yourself: remorse would simply mean adding to the first act of stupidity a second.

"What is good?" ye ask. To be brave is good. Let the little girls say: "To be good is what is pretty, and at the same time touching."

Vanity is the fear of appearing original: it is thus a lack of pride, but not necessarily a lack of originality.

Men should learn to live with the same seriousness with which children play.

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are not.

The quality of a marriage is proven by its ability to tolerate an occasional "exception.